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patoolouch
Free

Free and open source.

 Free

The software is free under its open-source licence. Hosting, hardware and external…

Command line Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line
  • One command set for many archive formats
  • Can repack archives between formats and compare them
  • One command handles tar, zip, gzip, bzip, xz, zstand and more, picking the format from the file name…
  • Depends on external archive programs for many formats
  • No graphical interface
  • It wraps the common formats rather than replacing specialist tools, and it has no interface beyond the terminal.
Downloadable app Downloadable app
Open source Open source
License not stated License: MIT
No account needed Not stated if an account is needed
Works offline Not stated if it works offline

Checked October 1, 2026

Checked September 22, 2026

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